Stop-hinge



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J. P. MOKIBBEN.

STOP HINGE.

No. 458,727. Patented Sept. 1, 1891 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. MOKIBBEN, OF FARMERS STATION, OHIO.

STOP-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,727, datedSeptember 1, 1891.

Application filed April 11.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. MCKIBBEN, of Farmers Station, in thecounty of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Lid-Supporters,which improvement is fully set forth inthe followin g specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of a chest provided with my lid-supporter, andFig. 2 a View of my device in operative position.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective devicewhereby the lids of boxes and chests may be conveniently supported inopen position by an external appliance instead of the straps andlink-hinge hitherto employed for the purpose, and which, being attachedto the inner side of the chest, are liable to interfere with thecontents there of and are otherwise inconvenient and easily deranged.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a box or chesthaving a lid attached by ordinary butt-hinges B. The lidsupport is madein the form of a strap-hinge 1891. SerialNo.388,519. (Nomodeh)consisting of four sections or leaves a b 0 (Z, which are connected byhinge-joints e f g. A bracket 0 is bolted to the leaf (1. It will beobserved that the hinge e bears an eccentric relation to the lid-hingesB; but their radii are equalized by the action of the hinge-joints f andg, and when the lid is brought into open position the leaf b engages thebracket 0, which supports the lid without unduly straining thebutt-hinges.

\Vhat I claim as new is- A lid-supporter consisting of a strap-hingecomposed of four leaves or sections having its end sections attached,respectively, to the top and rear side of a chest or box, and thebracket C, all combined substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,this 28th day of March, 1891, in the presence of witnesses,

Witnesses:

J. H. SIMKINS, CLARK WEs'r.

